Why can infantry run as fast as..

[Swingman]

my cavalry? I was trying to chase down enemy infantry with my cavalry and they couldn't gain ground on them. They just chased them off the map. My question is how can infantry run anywhere near as fast as horses?

[Zild]

I seem to recall seeing some infantry moving slower than the cavalry once, but then the cavalry had such a loose turning circle that they were literally running circles around the men!

I agree that the speed needs to be fixed... Mowing down defenceless infantry was my favourite part of Medieval!

[addbo]

In RTW my Calvary are definitely faster than infantry... as long as they are set to "run" instead of "walk"... it's just that this tires them out faster... in walk mode they are the same speed as the infantry I've found... when everyone marches at the same pace.

I can usually chase down fleeing infantry unless they are very far away and very close to the border of the battle...

Addbo

[OctavianAugustus]

lol ya try clicking the Run/Walk icon *near the other tactics icons

if you already tried that...
maybe its because they are really tired?

hmmm lol
go play a few custom battles and see what u can figure out
might have been just a bug...

[Lonewarrior]

In my RTW copy Cav is faster than inf. Don't you love chasing the poor defenceless inf donw and then killing them all, crushing them like the dogs they are, oops got a bit exited there. LOL

[Red Harvest]

I've not had much trouble running down infantry on VH/VH, and I use a lot of cav. The only time I have trouble is when my cav is very tired/exhausted. They slow down at that point.

Now there is a problem where cav will run beside the infantry (or saunter along) without killing them, particularly as the remaining number of enemy men in the unit is small and/or dispersed. Often it is best to run past them, then sweep back in "charge." Some of this has to do with how the "lead computing" is done. The cav try to intercept in front of the infantry.